Can Democracy Survive a Shrinking Middle Class?
‘No bourgeois, no democracy’ is the racy formulation penned half a century ago by the American...
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Can Democracy Survive a Shrinking Middle Class?
‘No bourgeois, no democracy’ is the racy formulation penned half a century ago by the American...
Read MoreHas democracy reached a tipping point?
A recent poll by the Lowy Institute suggests many young Australians are ambivalent about the virtues...
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John Keane
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Cities in the Future of Democracy
In the midst of a two-party dominated and heavily-scripted federal election campaign, I spoke with the...
Read MoreSenator in the city: Scott Ludlam’s vision
[caption id="attachment_10147" align="alignright" width="300"] PHOTO: Do cities hold the key to our democratic future? (By Florence...
Read MoreSenator in the city: Scott Ludlam’s vision
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="383"] PHOTO: Do cities hold the key to our democratic future? (By Florence...
Read MoreMargaret Thatcher: Tales of Power and Vainglory
The most telling tale in Charles Moore’s winsome biography of Margaret Thatcher spotlights the moment of...
Read MorePower and Privacy in the Age of Monitory Democracy
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkd6_duJHoc[/youtube] In our age of monitory democracy, as Rupert Murdoch is once again learning to his cost,...
Read MoreDalai Lama in Australia
My first moments with His Holiness last week were not quite what I’d expected. In pulled...
Read MoreRemembering Tiananmen: The Future of Chinese Democracy
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="668"] The army massacre of June 4, 1989, in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen...
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